If Starbucks is successful, it will be the second time it has taken over a Burger King in the area. In 2014, a former Burger King reopened as a Starbucks at the corner of Olympic Boulevard and Soto Street in Boyle Heights.

It’s not only going to make traffic worse in the mornings, it’s going to be really bad all day as well. I suppose in terms of location, this is a great spot for Starbucks, but the people who live in the surrounding area are going to suffer.

Are you serious??? LA has the worst traffic in the country and you are concerned about additional traffic due to a Starbucks? If you don’t want to live around traffic, move somewhere else because it’s only going to get worse.

PS- I’m not trying to be rude or insensitive – it’s just the reality of living in LA.

This would be a good addition, the Starbucks at the Keck hospital has such lousy service I would welcome a new one. What, the Burger King does not contribute to traffic? Then it must not be of much use to the community.

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